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Population:
- 1791: 308
- 1851: 684
- 1905: 672
- 1936: 512
- 1990: 557
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic:
- Lutheran: 54%
- Calvinist: 3%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 42%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 22 rue Principale, 67117 Quatzenheim
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church records for this community and integrated the information to create family cards. He is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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German: Rädersdorf
Population:
- 1789: 353
- 1851: 563
- 1905: 345
- 1936: 373
- 1990: 491
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Rädersheim
Variants: Redersheim, Retersheim, Roedersheim
Population:
- 1790: 212
- 1851: 315
- 1905: 341
- 1936: 346
- 1990: 807
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 2%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Variant: Ramersmatten
Population:
- 1806: 239
- 1851: 386
- 1905: 286
- 1936: 217
- 1990: 169
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 68800 Rammersmatt
- Bibliography:
- Roderen et Rammersmatt: deux villages entre Thur et Doller
([Roderen?]: Caisse de Crédit Mutuel de Roderen-Rammersmatt, 1992)
- Canton Thann (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1980), ISBN 2110805423, in the series Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France
- Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). The second includes two from Rammersmatt. Information can be obtained from:
M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
- Web resources:
Rammersmatt information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/thann/rammersmatt/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Population:
- 1792: 147
- 1851: 218
- 1905: 205
- 1936: 168
- 1990: 149
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, Hôtel de Ville, 67310 Rangen
- Bibliography:
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German: Roschbach
Variant: Ranrue
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts:
Fonrupt,
Hauts-Bois,
La Salcée,
Stampoumont (German:
Stemberg). Prior to the French Revolution La Salcée and Stampoumont were
part of Colroy-la-Roche.
Until 1871, Ranrupt was part of the arrondissement of Saint-Dié in the Département des Vosges.
Population:
- 1790: 770
- 1851: 1,325
- 1905: 837
- 1936: 587
- 1990: 297
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue de la Mairie, 67420 Ranrupt
- Bibliography:
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Variants: Ransbach, Rantzbach
Population:
- 1806: 786
- 1851: 1,349
- 1905: 1,293
- 1936: 949
- 1990: 907
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: <1%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 22 rue du Général de Gaulle, 68470 Ranspach
- Bibliography:
- La haute vallée de la Thur (Ingersheim: SAEP, 1981)
- The Cercle Cartophile de Thann et de la Vallée de la Thur published two volumes of postcard views of this valley (1990, 1992), called La vallée de la Thur à la belle époque de la carte postale.
- Web resources:
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German: Niederranspach
Variants: Nider-Ransbach, Nideranspach
Population:
- 1789: 450
- 1851: 664
- 1905: 565
- 1936: 489
- 1990: 596
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Oberranspach
Population:
- 1789: 344
- 1851: 530
- 1905: 386
- 1936: 346
- 1990: 387
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Rantsweiler
Population:
- 1789: 442
- 1851: 481
- 1905: 298
- 1936: 264
- 1990: 452
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 29 rue de Mulhouse, 68510 Rantzwiller
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Ratzweiler
Population:
- 1794: 220
- 1851: 403
- 1905: 312
- 1936: 308
- 1990: 278
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic:
- Lutheran: 100%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67430 Ratzwiller
- Bibliography:
Alsatian connections, volume 1: family genealogies of Alsatian emigrants to America from the villages of Butten, Dehlingen, Diemeringen, Ratzwiller and Waldhambach, compiled by Doris Wesner (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, ©1995), ISBN 1558561854
- Web resources:
http://www.alsace-bossue.fr.st/viratz.htm
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German: Rauweiler
Population:
- 1794: 288
- 1851: 463
- 1905: 421
- 1936: 278
- 1990: 178
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 1%
- Lutheran: 14%
- Calvinist: 83%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Röschlitz
Population:
- 1790: 605
- 1851: 988
- 1906: 967
- 1936: 596
- 1990: 720
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 3 place de la Mairie, 90370 Réchésy
- Bibliography:
- Études sur Réchésy, by Célestin Bairet (1958-1960)
- The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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Population:
- 1790: 96
- 1851: 108
- 1906: 62
- 1936: 36
- 1990: 57
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 90140 Recouvrance
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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German: Regisheim
Population:
- 1790: 1,200
- 1851: 2,132
- 1905: 1,505
- 1936: 1,356
- 1990: 1,536
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 91%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 8%
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1790: 407
- 1851: 485
- 1905: 411
- 1936: 328
- 1990: 295
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Reichshofen
Variants: Reishoffen, Richshoffen
Reichshoffen absorbed the community of Nehwiller-près-Woerth (German: Nehweiler bei Wörth; variants: Nachwiller, Neehweiler, Neehwiller) 28 September 1972.
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts (of Nehwiller-près-Woerth):
Linienhausen (part of Windstein until the
French Revolution)
Population:
- 1792: 238 (Nehwiller-près-Woerth), 2,015 (Reichshoffen)
- 1851: 462 (Nehwiller-près-Woerth), 2,737 (Reichshoffen)
- 1905: 358 (Nehwiller-près-Woerth), 2,887 (Reichshoffen)
- 1936: 279 (Nehwiller-près-Woerth), 3,198 (Reichshoffen)
- 1990: 5,092
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 31% (Nehwiller-près-Woerth), 89% (Reichshoffen)
- Lutheran: 55% (Nehwiller-près-Woerth), <1% (Reichshoffen)
- Calvinist: 3% (Nehwiller-près-Woerth), <1% (Reichshoffen)
- Anabaptist: 9% (Nehwiller-près-Woerth), 1% (Reichshoffen)
- Jewish: 8% (Reichshoffen)
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 8 rue des Cuirassiers, 67110 Reichshoffen
- Bibliography:
- Beiträge zur Chronik von Reichshoffen, by Felix Schneider (Strasbourg: Heitz, 1938)
- Die Memoiren des Ascher Levy aus Reichshofen im Elsaß (1598-1635), edited, translated and annotated by M. Ginsburger (Berlin: Louis Lamm, 1913), in Yiddish with German translation
- The Annuaire of the Société d'Histoire de Reichshoffen et Environs publishes articles on the history of this area. For information write to:
1 rue des Chevreuils, 67110 Reichshoffen
- Niederbronn-les-Bains et son canton, by Jeannie Del Grande and Pascal Prévost-Bouré (Joué-lès-Tours: A. Sutton, 1999), ISBN 2842532260, in the series Mémoire en images
- The Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alsace du Nord publishes a quarterly journal called l'Outre-Forêt dedicated to this area of northern Alsace.
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1792: 700
- 1851: 1,066
- 1905: 1,464
- 1936: 1,353
- 1990: 4,640
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 24 rue de la Wantzenau, BP 53, 67116 Reichstett
- Bibliography:
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German: Reinhardsmüster
Population:
- 1792: 220
- 1851: 706
- 1905: 471
- 1936: 402
- 1990: 366
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67440 Reinhardsmunster
- Bibliography:
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German: Reiningen
Population:
- 1789: 788
- 1851: 1,290
- 1905: 1,309
- 1936: 1,328
- 1990: 1,683
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: 1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue Georges Alter, 68950 Reiningue
- Bibliography:
- Reiningue, Oelenberg: deux noms, un destin (Strasbourg: Editions Coprur, 1985), ISBN 2903297010
- Le Dollerbaechlein : histoire et topographie d'un ruisseau : villes et villages riverains : Aspach-le-Haut, Aspach-le-Bas, Schweighouse, Reiningue, Lutterbach, Pfastatt, Richwiller, Kingersheim, Wittenheim, Ruelisheim, Ensisheim, by Jean Checinski (Kingersheim: Société d'Histoire de Kingersheim, 1994), ISBN 2950833608
- Web resources:
Reiningue information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/mulhouse/wittenheim/reiningue/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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German: Reipertsweiler
Population:
- 1792: 448
- 1851: 762
- 1905: 886
- 1936: 831
- 1990: 946
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 38%
- Lutheran: 60%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67340 Reipertswiller
- Bibliography:
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German: Riesbach
Variant: Riespach
Population:
- 1790: 355
- 1851: 410
- 1906: 250
- 1936: 193
- 1990: 241
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 90150 Reppe
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
- Web resources:
The parish records of Reppe have been abstracted and made available on the internet by a group of amateur researchers who formed the Plateforme pour la lecture et l'informatisation des sources archivistiques:
http://lisa90.org/commun/REP_hist.htm
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German: Retschweiler
Population:
- 1792: 325
- 1851: 376
- 1905: 277
- 1936: 243
- 1990: 234
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 17%
- Lutheran: 80%
- Calvinist: 2%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Retzweiler
Population:
- 1790: 218
- 1851: 488
- 1905: 527
- 1936: 666
- 1990: 538
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Reutenburg
Population:
- 1792: 453
- 1851: 631
- 1905: 531
- 1936: 432
- 1990: 318
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue de l'École, 67440 Reutenbourg
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1794: 124
- 1851: 221
- 1905: 179
- 1936: 185
- 1990: 170
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic:
- Lutheran: 98%
- Calvinist: 1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Latin: Rinowa, Rheniaugia, Rinougia
German: Rheinau
Population:
- 1790: 1,130
- 1851: 1,562
- 1905: 1,679
- 1936: 1,683
- 1990: 2,286
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Latin: Rappolti villa
German: Rappoltsweiler
Population:
- 1790: 4,625
- 1851: 7,338
- 1905: 5,990
- 1936: 4,882
- 1990: 4,774
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 72%
- Lutheran: 16%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish: 10%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 place d l'Hôtel de Ville, 68150 Ribeauvillé
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1790: 120
- 1851: 320
- 1905: 324
- 1936: 297
- 1990: 243
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67390 Richtolsheim
- Bibliography:
Richtolsheim, Artolsheim: histoire sans histoires!, by Marcel Imbs (Colmar: Éditions d'Alsace, 1991)
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German: Reichweiler
Variant: Richviller
Population:
- 1789: 228
- 1851: 453
- 1905: 606
- 1936: 1,066
- 1990: 3,150
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 95%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 4%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 39 rue Principale, 68120 Richwiller
- Bibliography:
Le Dollerbaechlein : histoire et topographie d'un ruisseau : villes et villages riverains : Aspach-le-Haut, Aspach-le-Bas, Schweighouse, Reiningue, Lutterbach, Pfastatt, Richwiller, Kingersheim, Wittenheim, Ruelisheim, Ensisheim, by Jean Checinski (Kingersheim: Société d'Histoire de Kingersheim, 1994), ISBN 2950833608
- Web resources:
Richwiller information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/mulhouse/wittenheim/richwiller/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Population:
- 1789: 660
- 1851: 1,433
- 1905: 4,584
- 1936: 6,836
- 1990: 11,868
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 10 bis rue du Général de Gaulle, 68400 Riedisheim
- Bibliography:
- Riedisheim: site, peuplement, histoire, by G. Claerr-Stamm, J.-L. Eichenlaub, R. Muller et al. ([Riedisheim : Mairie de Riedisheim], 1997)
- Riedisheim au tournant du siècle ([Riedisheim]: La Société des amis du vieux Riedisheim, 1990)
- The Bulletin of the Société des Amis du Vieux Riedisheim publishes articles on the history of this community. For information write to:
M. René Spiess, 33d rue des Violettes, 68400 Riedisheim
- Habsheim et son canton, by Yves Bisch (Joué-lès-Tours: A. Sutton, 1999), ISBN 2842532872, in the series Mémoire en images
- Web resources:
Riedisheim information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/mulhouse/habsheim/riedisheim/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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German: Riedselz
Population:
- 1792: 1,013
- 1851: 1,503
- 1905: 1,158
- 1936: 966
- 1990: 1,029
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 93%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 3%
- Jewish: 3%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue de la Gare, 67160 Riedseltz
- Bibliography:
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German: Riedweier
Population:
- 1790: 234
- 1851: 532
- 1905: 399
- 1936: 332
- 1990: 315
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 87%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 12%
Miscellaneous:
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Variants: Rier-Vecemont, Riere-Vescemont
Population:
- 1806: 214
- 1851: 216
- 1906: 134
- 1936: 81
- 1990: 43
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 90200 Riervescemont
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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Population:
- 1789: 397
- 1851: 628
- 1905: 519
- 1936: 538
- 1990: 608
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 2%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Rimbach bei Gebweiler
Variant: Reinbach
Until 1880 the community of Jungholtz
was divided between Rimbach-près-Guebwiller and Soultz-Haut-Rhin.
Population:
- 1790: 227
- 1851: 506
- 1905: 287
- 1936: 185
- 1990: 223
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 67%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 1%
- Jewish: 30%
Miscellaneous:
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German:
Rimbach bei Masmünster
Variant:
Rimpach
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts:
Basse Bers (
Niederebersche,
Unterbers,
Untere Bers),
Ermensbach (
Armspach,
Ermenspach,
Ermerspach,
Ermspach),
Grossenberg (
Grosberg),
Haute Bers (
Oberenbers),
Horben (
Horb),
Johannesberg (
Johannisberg,
Sankt Johannisberg),
Langmatt (
Langmatte),
Neuerbet (
Neu Arbet,
Neu Erbet),
Riedelsbourg (
Riedelsburg),
Riesenwald,
Ruchberg
Population:
- 1806: 674
- 1851: 902
- 1905: 642
- 1936: 515
- 1990: 456
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 54 rue Principale, 68290 Rimbach-près-Masevaux
- Bibliography:
- Patrimoine Doller, the bulletin of the Société
d'Histoire de la Vallée de Masevaux, publishes articles on Rimbachprès-Masevaux. (The coat of arms depicted above is reproduced from the back cover of issue no. 2, 1992.)
Information on this journal can be obtained from the
secrétaire-correspondant:
M. Jean-Marie Ehret, 8 place de la Mairie, 68290 Oberbruck
- Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). Information can be obtained from:
M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
- Web resources:
Rimbach-près-Masevaux information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/masevaux/rimbach_pres_masevaux/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Variant: Rimbachzell
Population:
- 1789: 243
- 1851: 402
- 1905: 375
- 1936: 318
- 1990: 196
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1794: 216
- 1851: 387
- 1905: 251
- 1936: 240
- 1990: 251
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 46%
- Lutheran: 52%
- Calvinist: 1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue Principale, 67260 Rimsdorf
- Bibliography:
Rimsdorf, by Gerhard Hein (Köln: G. Hein, 1982), Band 44 in the series "Das Krumme Elsaß und seine Dörfer"; available on FHL film 1761448
- Web resources:
http://www.alsace-bossue.fr.st/virims.htm
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Population:
- 1792: 118
- 1851: 137
- 1905: 120
- 1936: 91
- 1990: 76
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67350 Ringeldorf
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1792: 363
- 1851: 578
- 1905: 556
- 1936: 419
- 1990: 309
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 94%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 5%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67350 Ringendorf
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for this community and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Latin: Richovilla, Ricomum
German: Reichenweier
Population:
- 1790: 1,616
- 1851: 1,833
- 1905: 1,539
- 1936: 1,220
- 1990: 1,075
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 21%
- Lutheran: 78%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, place Voltaire, 68340 Riquewihr
- Bibliography:
- Riquewihr, ce joyau de l'Alsace (Strasbourg, 1952)
- Riquewihr, promenade à la recherche de son charme et de ses richesses, by Anna Favre and Edouard Hofer (Colmar, 1959)
- Web resources:
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German: Rittershofen
Population:
- 1792: 961
- 1851: 1,282
- 1905: 851
- 1936: 829
- 1990: 825
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 30%
- Lutheran: 68%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1789: 2,061
- 1851: 2,970
- 1905: 3,376
- 1936: 4,209
- 1990: 11,669
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 83%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: 3%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 13%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 28 rue Zuber, 68170 Rixheim
- Bibliography:
- L'ancienne communauté israëlite de Rixheim en France dans le département du Haut-Rhin "Alsace", by François Imbert (typed by Alain Lux) (Rixheim: Lux, 1985?); available on FHL microfiche 6001741
- The Bulletin of the Société d'Histoire de Rixheim publishes articles on the history of this community. For information write to:
43 rue Saint Jean, 68170 Rixheim
- Habsheim et son canton, by Yves Bisch (Joué-lès-Tours: A. Sutton, 1999), ISBN 2842532872, in the series Mémoire en images
- Web resources:
Rixheim information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/mulhouse/habsheim/rixheim/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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German: Rodern
Variants: Haut Roderen, Hoh-Rodern, Hohenrodern
Population:
- 1806: 786
- 1851: 1,084
- 1905: 900
- 1936: 690
- 1990: 817
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 68800 Roderen
- Bibliography:
- Roderen et Rammersmatt: deux villages entre Thur et Doller
([Roderen?]: Caisse de Crédit Mutuel de Roderen-Rammersmatt, 1992)
- Canton Thann (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1980), ISBN 2110805423, in the series Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France
- Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). The second of these includes four from Roderen. Information can be obtained from:
M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
- Web resources:
Roderen information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/thann/roderen/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Population:
- 1789: 573
- 1851: 654
- 1905: 387
- 1936: 315
- 1990: 266
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue de l'Église, 68590 Rodern
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Röschwoog
Population:
- 1792: 805
- 1851: 1,287
- 1905: 1,250
- 1936: 1,223
- 1990: 1,573
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Roggenhausen
Population:
- 1790: 180
- 1851: 274
- 1905: 209
- 1936: 193
- 1990: 377
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 296
- 1851: 395
- 1905: 270
- 1936: 249
- 1990: 215
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 22 rue Principale, 67270 Rohr
- Bibliography:
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German: Rohrweiler
Population:
- 1792: 465
- 1851: 979
- 1905: 960
- 1936: 995
- 1990: 1,441
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 53 Grand'Rue, 67410 Rohrwiller
- Bibliography:
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German: Willern
Population:
- 1790: 227
- 1851: 266
- 1905: 165
- 1936: 123
- 1990: 162
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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The community of Romagny was officially renamed Romagny-sous-Rougemont 14 June 1933.
German: Esche
Variants: Romagny-Massevaux, Roumagny, Welschenesch
Population:
- 1806: 268
- 1851: 266
- 1906: 249
- 1936: 149
- 1990: 183
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 90110 Romagny-sous-Rougemont
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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Latin: Romanovilla
German: Romansweiler
Population:
- 1792: 848
- 1851: 1,123
- 1905: 876
- 1936: 880
- 1990: 1,155
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 24%
- Lutheran: 46%
- Calvinist: 7%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 21%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, place de la Mairie, 67310 Romanswiller
- Bibliography:
Die ehemalige Herrschaft Romansweiler und Cossweiler im Kreis Molsheim, by D. Fischer (Saverne, 1877)
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German: Deutsch-Rumbach
Population:
- 1790: 1,237
- 1851: 2,071
- 1905: 1,548
- 1936: 1,198
- 1990: 764
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 14 rue de l'Église, 68660 Rombach-le-Franc
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Roppach
Population:
- 1790: 385
- 1851: 599
- 1906: 582
- 1936: 390
- 1990: 703
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 90380 Roppe
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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Population:
- 1792: 497
- 1851: 923
- 1905: 729
- 1936: 678
- 1990: 808
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 21%
- Lutheran: 78%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue de l'Or, 67480 Roppenheim
- Bibliography:
Franz Nathanael Horning, 1774-1839, Pfarrer in Roppenheim, Eckwersheim und Vendenheim: ein Pfarrbild im Rahmen der Zeit, by Wilhelm Horning (Straßburg: C.A. Vomhoff, 1888)
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German: Roppenzweiler
Population:
- 1789: 297
- 1851: 635
- 1905: 742
- 1936: 728
- 1990: 736
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Rohrschweier
Population:
- 1789: 378
- 1851: 420
- 1905: 300
- 1936: 236
- 1990: 350
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 place de l'Église, 68590 Rorschwihr
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1789: 79
- 1851: 273
- 1905: 461
- 1936: 614
- 1990: 1,501
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran: 1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Rosenweiler
Variant: Rosheimweiller
Population:
- 1790: 588
- 1851: 802
- 1905: 659
- 1936: 578
- 1990: 533
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: <1%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 place de l'Église, 67560 Rosenwiller
- Bibliography:
- Chronik von Rosenwiller, by J. Schahl (Sélestat, 1959)
- Patrimoine d'Alsace: le cimetière juif de Rosenwiller, by Robert Weyl (1988)
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Population:
- 1790: 3,154
- 1851: 3,971
- 1905: 3,169
- 1936: 2,744
- 1990: 4,016
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 93%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish: 5%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, Place de la République, 67560 Rosheim
- Bibliography:
Alsace romane, by Robert Will, with abridged translation into English by Paul Veyriras and Michaël Z.L. Issacharoff (La Pierre-Qui-Vire: l'Atelier du Coeur-Meurtry, 1965), no. 22 in the collection La nuit des temps and a special number of the quarterly art journal Zodiaque, includes histories, floor plans and photographs of the Romanesque churches in Epfig, Eschau, Marmoutier, Murbach, Ottmarsheim and Rosheim
- Web resources:
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German: Roßfeld
Population:
- 1792: 278
- 1851: 612
- 1905: 673
- 1936: 622
- 1990: 687
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 place de la Mairie, 67230 Rossfeld
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1792: 298
- 1851: 656
- 1905: 744
- 1936: 786
- 1990: 616
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 52%
- Lutheran: 46%
- Calvinist: 1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 18 rue Principale, 67290 Rosteig
- Bibliography:
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Between 1795 and 1871 Rothau was part of the Département des Vosges.
Population:
- 1790: 510
- 1851: 1,132
- 1905: 1,780
- 1936: 1,578
- 1990: 1,583
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 488
- 1851: 662
- 1905: 563
- 1936: 458
- 1990: 472
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: <1%
- Lutheran: 84%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 14%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 19 rue Principale, 67340 Rothbach
- Bibliography:
- Rothbach: histoire d'un village des Vosges du Nord = Rothbach: Geschichte eines Dorfes der Nordvogesen, by Freddy Gutbub, German translation by Madeleine Hallenberger-Reckmann and Michael Ertz, illustrations by Lucien Henri Schmitt (Rothbach: F. Gutbub, ©1991), ISBN 2950584209; spine title: Histoire et généalogie Rothbach = Geschichte und Ortssippenbuch Rothbach
- Niederbronn-les-Bains et son canton, by Jeannie Del Grande and Pascal Prévost-Bouré (Joué-lès-Tours: A. Sutton, 1999), ISBN 2842532260, in the series Mémoire en images
- The Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alsace du Nord publishes a quarterly journal called l'Outre-Forêt dedicated to this area of northern Alsace.
- Web resources:
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Variant: Roth
Population:
- 1792: 685
- 1851: 637
- 1905: 397
- 1936: 384
- 1990: 433
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 8%
- Lutheran: 14%
- Calvinist: 76%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Latin: Radolfeshamomarca, Radulfovilla
Population:
- 1792: 90
- 1851: 254
- 1905: 212
- 1936: 192
- 1990: 193
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 7 rue de l'École, 67170 Rottelsheim
- Bibliography:
Das Amt Brumath und die drei Landvogteidörfer Bernolsheim, Kriegsheim und Rottelsheim, by A. Kocher (Strasbourg, 1911)
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German: Rufach
Latin: Rofiacum, Rufiacum, Ruflacovilla, Rubeacum, Rubiacum, Rubiacus, Rubiaca, Ruobacum, Rubeae aquae, Rubeacensis, Rubeaquensis
Population:
- 1790: 4,042
- 1851: 3,630
- 1905: 2,916
- 1936: 4,452
- 1990: 4,303
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 6 place Clemenceau, 68250 Rouffach
- Bibliography:
- "Der alte Adel der Stadt Rufach", by Theobald Walter, in Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Sprache und Literatur Elsaß-Lothringens 1900 (Straßburg: Vogesen-Club, 1900); available on FHL film no. 1071431
- Rouffach: découverte d'un patrimoine, by Jacques Ehrhart and M. Faust (Rouffach: Ville de Rouffach, 1996), ISBN 2951014805
- Web resources:
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German: Ruetschgut
Variant: Rouge-Goutte
Population:
- 1806: 418
- 1851: 662
- 1906: 1,325
- 1936: 843
- 1990: 858
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 16 rue des Écoles, 90200 Rougegoutte
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
- Web resources:
The parish records of Rougegoutte have been abstracted and made available on the internet by a group of amateur researchers who formed the Plateforme pour la lecture et l'informatisation des sources archivistiques:
http://lisa90.org/commun/RGG_hist.htm
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The community of Rougemont was officially renamed Rougemont-le-Château 4 October 1893.
German: Rottenberg
Variants: Rothenburg, Rottenbourg
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Saint-Nicolas
Population:
- 1806: 828
- 1851: 1,355
- 1906: 2,252
- 1936: 1,537
- 1990: 1,198
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 2%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 90110 Rougemont-le-Château
- Bibliography:
- Rougemont-le-Château à travers le passé, by Pierre Haas (Montbéliard, 1960)
- Le vieux château de Rougemont: site médiéval, by Pierre Walter, Christophe Cousin et al. ([Rougemont-le-Château]: Foyer rural de Rougemont-le-Château, 1993), ISBN 2950580718
- The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
- Web resources:
The parish records of Rougemont-le-Château have been abstracted and made available on the internet by a group of amateur researchers who formed the Plateforme pour la lecture et l'informatisation des sources archivistiques:
http://lisa90.org/commun/RGT_hist.htm
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German: Runzenheim
Variant: Runtzenheim
Population:
- 1792: 570
- 1851: 737
- 1905: 653
- 1936: 605
- 1990: 845
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 39%
- Lutheran: 60%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue de la Mairie, 67480 Rountzenheim
- Bibliography:
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German: Rüderbach
Population:
- 1789: 223
- 1851: 383
- 1905: 266
- 1936: 304
- 1990: 270
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 92%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 7%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Rülisheim
Population:
- 1789: 630
- 1851: 1,115
- 1905: 808
- 1936: 855
- 1990: 2,655
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 26 rue Principale, 68270 Ruelisheim
- Bibliography:
Le Dollerbaechlein : histoire et topographie d'un ruisseau : villes et villages riverains : Aspach-le-Haut, Aspach-le-Bas, Schweighouse, Reiningue, Lutterbach, Pfastatt, Richwiller, Kingersheim, Wittenheim, Ruelisheim, Ensisheim, by Jean Checinski (Kingersheim: Société d'Histoire de Kingersheim, 1994), ISBN 2950833608
- Web resources:
Ruelisheim information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/mulhouse/illzach/ruelisheim/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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German: Rumersheim [Ober-Elsaß]
Population:
- 1790: 453
- 1851: 878
- 1905: 711
- 1936: 636
- 1990: 838
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Ruß
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Schwarzbach (Schwartzbach)
Between 1795 and 1871 Russ was part of the Département des Vosges.
Population:
- 1790: 837
- 1851: 1,187
- 1905: 912
- 1936: 937
- 1990: 1,113
Miscellaneous:
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German: Rüstenhart
Population:
- 1790: 325
- 1851: 637
- 1905: 608
- 1936: 526
- 1990: 665
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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